Earnings call: Mercer International posts mixed Q3 results amid market shifts
Mercer International Inc. (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:MERC) reported a mix of positive and negative financial outcomes in its third-quarter earnings call for 2024. President and CEO Juan Carlos Bueno and CFO Richard Short presented an operating EBITDA of $50 million, a notable…
Earnings call: TDS US Cellular reveals Q3 2024 financial growth
TDS US Cellular (NYSE: USM) reported its third-quarter 2024 earnings on October 24, 2024, with key financial results and strategic initiatives indicating a period of growth and strategic transactions. The company discussed its ongoing recovery efforts, improved financial metrics such…
Another US oil refinery to vanish with Lyondell Houston plant closing
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) – Chemical maker LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB) on Friday detailed its long-announced plan to permanently shutter its 263,776 barrel-per-day (bpd) Houston oil refinery in the first quarter of 2025. The planned closing marks the latest in…
Japan’s economic growth likely cooled sharply in Q3 in test for BOJ policy: Reuters poll
By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economy is expected to have slowed sharply in the third quarter hurt by sluggish consumption and capital spending, a Reuters poll showed, which could complicate the central bank’s plans to hike rates further….
Hurricanes, strikes seen denting US job growth as Americans prepare to vote
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth likely slowed sharply in October amid disruptions from hurricanes and strikes by aerospace factory workers, but a steady unemployment rate should offer assurance that the labor market remained on solid footing…
Take Five: Only one show in town
(Reuters) – Voters in the United States are heading to the polls on Tuesday to pick their next president in a too-close-to-call election pitching Republican Donald Trump against Democrat Kamala Harris. Who will be at the helm of the world’s…